Artist conception of the James Webb Space Telescope. Source – NASA GSFC/CIL/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez NASA’s new space telescope is on the verge of completing the riskiest part of its mission – ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified a fully formed barred spiral galaxy that existed when the universe was roughly two billion years old, a period when theoretical models ...

Astronomers have discovered the secrets of early galaxies that pumped the infant cosmos full of dust, but by studying a much ...

New research suggests sub-Neptune exoplanets may hide significant water layers. These hidden layers could make atmospheric ...

An international research team has revealed the first images of the Orion Nebula captured with the James Webb Space Telescope, leaving astronomers “blown away ...

Efforts to repair James Webb and extend Gaia’s life face challenges due to their remote location, micrometeorite damage risks ...

After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family was glued to the television, watching the nail-biting launch of NASA's US$10 billion (AU$15 billion) James Webb Space Telescope. There had not been such a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted a massive and densely packed galaxy cluster at "cosmic noon." The ...

The James Webb Space Telescope observed the same region of sky captured in the famous Hubble Ultra Deep Field image, revealing thousands of distant ancient galaxies. Credit: ESA / NASA / CSA / G.

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum welcomes two new acquisitions to the collection—the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) Pathfinder and Parker Solar Probe model. The Pathfinder is a ...